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Anglican Diocese of London (England)

Diocese of London
Diocese of London arms.svg
Location
Ecclesiastical province Canterbury
Archdeaconries Charing Cross; Hackney; Hampstead; London; Middlesex; Northolt
Statistics
Parishes 413
Churches 484
Information
Cathedral St Paul's
Co-cathedral Westminster Abbey (1550–1556 only)
Patron saint Saint Paul
Current leadership
Bishop Richard Chartres, Bishop of London
acting bishop: the area Bishop of Willesden
Suffragans Pete Broadbent, area Bishop of Willesden
Adrian Newman, area Bishop of Stepney
Jonathan Baker, Bishop of Fulham
Graham Tomlin, area Bishop of Kensington
Rob Wickham, area Bishop of Edmonton
Ric Thorpe, Bishop of Islington
Archdeacons Stephan Welch, Archdeacon of Middlesex;
Luke Miller, Archdeacon of London;
Duncan Green, Archdeacon of Northolt
John Hawkins, Archdeacon of Hampstead
Rosemary Lain-Priestley, Associate Archdeacon
Liz Adekunle, Archdeacon of Hackney
Website
london.anglican.org

The Diocese of London forms part of the Church of England's Province of Canterbury in England.

Historically the diocese covered a large area north of the Thames and bordered the dioceses of Norwich and Lincoln to the north and west. The present diocese covers 177 square miles (460 km2) and 17 London boroughs, covering most of Greater London north of the River Thames and west of the River Lea. This area covers nearly all of the historic county of Middlesex. It includes the City of London in which lies its cathedral, St Paul's, and also encompasses Spelthorne which was formerly in Middlesex but is now part of Surrey.

Essex formed part of the diocese until 1846 when the county became part of the Diocese of Rochester (and later changed again to the Diocese of St Albans and is now in the Diocese of Chelmsford).

Since the institution of the London area scheme (the first of its kind) in 1979, the diocese has been divided into five episcopal areas, each of which is the particular responsibility of one of the diocese's suffragan bishops. It is further divided into archdeaconries and deaneries, as shown below.

(Bishop of London)

(area Bishop of Edmonton)


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